Sayyid ‘Umar ‘Abdullah Mwinyi Baraka (1918-1988) was a highly influential East African educator and diplomat and a charismatic interpreter in multiple languages of the tolerance and beauty of Islam. A towering figure in education in East Africa, he was the first educator to successfully synthesize traditional Islamic teaching with secular education and had a profound influence on many leaders of post-independence East Africa, including his student Dr. Ali Hassan Mwinyi, the second President of Tanzania. Born in Zanzibar of Comorean parents, Sayyid ‘Umar was a descendant of the Ba ‘Alawi saint Habib Abu Bakr ibn Salem. He was steeped in traditional studies from early childhood and was one of the first East African Muslims in the colonial era to matriculate through the secular education system, completing his studies at Oxford University. His true education came through his long association with his spiritual master, the great Ba ‘Alawi saint Habib ‘Umar ibn Sumayt. He was a galvanic orator and spiritual guide who elicited love wherever he was. His biography is authored by Michael Sugich, who was his close student for seven years, from 1981 until his death in 1988.
Shukraan maalim Dede kwa darsa za waja wema,na ww Allah akuzidishie elimu
Shaame Sheha Pandu kutoka Tumbatu Mwenyezi Mungu amrehemu mwalim pamoja na wezake wote
Sayyid ‘Umar ‘Abdullah Mwinyi Baraka (1918-1988) was a highly influential East African educator and diplomat and a charismatic interpreter in multiple languages of the tolerance and beauty of Islam. A towering figure in education in East Africa, he was the first educator to successfully synthesize traditional Islamic teaching with secular education and had a profound influence on many leaders of post-independence East Africa, including his student Dr. Ali Hassan Mwinyi, the second President of Tanzania.
Born in Zanzibar of Comorean parents, Sayyid ‘Umar was a descendant of the Ba ‘Alawi saint Habib Abu Bakr ibn Salem. He was steeped in traditional studies from early childhood and was one of the first East African Muslims in the colonial era to matriculate through the secular education system, completing his studies at Oxford University. His true education came through his long association with his spiritual master, the great Ba ‘Alawi saint Habib ‘Umar ibn Sumayt. He was a galvanic orator and spiritual guide who elicited love wherever he was. His biography is authored by Michael Sugich, who was his close student for seven years, from 1981 until his death in 1988.
Masshaalla hao ndio watu walokua eanatafuta radhi za Allah cio hawa wa Sasa kutaka sifa kwa watawala madhalim basi